Alright, folks, let’s dive into my little experiment today with building a drill lyrics generator. I’ve always been fascinated by the raw energy and wordplay in drill music, and I thought, “Why not try to make something that can spit out some rhymes?” So, I did!
First, I needed a place to start. I’ve messed around with Python before, so I figured that would be my weapon of choice. No fancy frameworks or anything, just plain old Python.
Brainstorming the Flow
Before writing any code, I jotted down some key elements of drill lyrics:
- Street slang: Gotta have that authentic vocabulary.
- Rhyming: Obviously! Usually simple AABB or ABAB schemes.
- Repetition: Certain phrases or words get hammered home.
- Gritty themes: We are talking, struggles, opposition, the realities of street life.
Coding It Up
I started by creating a few lists to store words and phrases. I kept it simple:
verbs = ["roll", "slide", "spin", "drop", "hit"]
nouns = ["block", "strip", "opps", "whip", "strap"]
adjectives = ["cold", "hard", "real", "fake", "litty"]
phrases = ["on sight", "no cap", "get back", "stay dangerous"]
Then, I built a super basic function to randomly pick words from these lists and put them together. It’s like Mad Libs, but for drill lyrics!
import random
def generate_line():
structure = *([
"verb noun, adjective noun",
"adjective noun, verb on the noun",
"phrase, we always verb the noun"
if "verb" in structure:
structure = *("verb", *(verbs))
if "noun" in structure:
structure = *("noun", *(nouns))
if "adjective" in structure:
structure = *("adjective", *(adjectives))
if "phrase" in structure:
structure = *("phrase", *(phrases))
return structure
I made another function to create a couplet (two lines that rhyme). Basically, it calls the `generate_line()` function twice and tries to make the last words rhyme. To be honest, the rhyming part was a bit clunky. I just checked if the last letters were the same. Hacky, I know, but it kinda worked!
The Results
I ran the thing a bunch of times, and, well, some of the results were pretty wild. Some made no sense at all, some were actually kinda fire, and some were just hilarious. I’m not gonna lie, it created a lot of nonsense, but every now and then, it spit out something that almost sounded like a real drill lyric. It was good for a laugh!
Next Steps?
This was just a quick and dirty experiment, a prototype. The next step is to make it more sophisticated.
- I could use a better rhyming dictionary.
- I could build a larger word bank, and categorize them.
- I could try some simple machine learning stuff to train it on actual drill lyrics.
Overall, it was a fun little project! It showed me how much work goes into even seemingly simple creative tasks. Plus, I got to mess around with code and pretend to be a drill rapper for a few hours. Not bad for a day’s work!